Chapter 66
Wilder
My hands gripped the steering wheel as I drove up the mountain to my cabin, Lucy in the passenger seat.
She was quiet. Why was she so quiet?
I took a deep breath, gathering my strength to break the silence, but I lost my nerve and released it in a noisy exhale. Why the fuck was my house so far away? Maybe if I concentrated hard enough, I could move it closer with the power of my mind just to end this awkwardness.
Finally, finally, my driveway came into view.
I threw my truck into park. Not that long ago, we had been in this same exact spot. Except this time, the woman beside me wasn’t a stranger.
She was the love of my life. My omega.
Lucy unbuckled her seat belt and turned to face me, expression fierce.
“If you ever use your bark on me without my consent again, this is over.”
Shame burned through my body, dark and heavy. I swallowed, trying to find the words, but nothing could undo what I’d done. “I’m so fucking sorry, sweetheart. I never will again, I promise you.”
She nodded slowly, her expression giving nothing away. Fuck, telepathy would come in handy right about now.
“I know.” She let out a slow breath. “I know how scared you were, and you were disoriented from the medication. I just…I can’t handle that again.”
“I promise I’ll do whatever I can to earn your forgiveness.” My chest swelled with emotion, making it hard to breathe. “I’ll spend my life doing everything I can to make you feel happy and loved. You deserve it. You deserve everything.”
I reached up to touch her face but pulled back. I didn’t deserve to touch her. But she took my hand and kissed my palm. “So do you, Wilder. You deserve all the happiness in the world, and I’ve already forgiven you. You don’t have to earn it.”
Her bright blue eyes met mine, and I couldn’t deny the sincerity I found there.
She was choosing to be here with me…choosing to touch me.
She wasn’t afraid of me. Emotion welled in my throat.
“Thank you,” I choked out. I ran my thumb along the curve of her perfect cheek.
She had new little freckles on her nose from the sun and I wondered how many would pop up in the summer. And I would be here to see them.
She shifted to her knees and leaned over the console until her lips were almost touching mine. The most tempting forbidden fruit. I moved to kiss her, but she leaned away, her eyes sparkling with mischief.
“But just so we’re clear, alpha, I have no problem with you using your bark on me consensually. And right now? You have my full consent to do anything, unless I say red.”
“What do you—”
She moved like lightning. Her hand was on the door before I realized what she was doing, and then she was out of the truck, running into the woods. A roar ripped from me as my instincts rose to the surface. Without the suppressants in my system, my alpha took full control.
For the first time in my life, I let it.
I jumped out of the truck. A slow smile spread across my face as I glimpsed her golden hair before she disappeared down the trail.
The woods were dense here—thick with trees and vegetation, the earthy scent of pine filling the air, but nothing could mask my omega’s scent.
It was sweet like strawberry sugar, thick with arousal, and carrying a sharp edge of anticipation.
Fucking perfect.
I kept a slow, steady pace as I followed her, imagining the thrill she’d feel when thinking she’d gotten away, all to be erased when I caught up to her, pinned her on the ground, and fucked her hard.
My cock strained against my jeans, my knot already half inflated and desperate to be surrounded by her snug little cunt.
Once I knotted her, she could fight as hard as she wanted, but she wouldn’t be able to escape me.
I picked up my pace, heat pulsing through my veins, following her scent until…
I stopped short at a piece of fabric on the ground. My chest rumbled as I picked it up and pressed it to my face. It was my omega’s sweater, but her scent was too strong for her to have only worn it.
She had wiped her slick on it to distract me.
Dark satisfaction pumped through my veins. My little omega was toying with me.
I picked up my pace, my body tense and on full alert. Next, I found her bra. Leggings. Last was a scrap of lace. I pressed her panties to my face, breathing in her intoxicating scent.
The world faded away as my rut took hold.
I broke out in a sprint. Clever little omega leading me on a chase, but she couldn’t hide forever. She would never be able to hide from me.
The world was a blur of green leaves as I hunted her, and it wasn’t long before I caught a hint of gold. I whirled around, my chest heaving.
“Where are you, little omega? If you come out now, your punishment won’t be as severe.”
Nothing.
A smile split my face as I slowly prowled through the trees, my body poised to strike at every snapping twig. My cock strained against my crotch, but at least the pain of it cleared my head. I cupped myself through my pants. “Come out, come out, wherever you are.”
A sharp inhale of breath.
“You can’t hide from me, omega.”
I lunged to my left, swinging my arm around the base of a tree. My fingers brushed her hair, but she escaped my grasp and took off running. I was momentarily frozen, mesmerized by the bounce of her bare ass.
My heartbeat pulsed in my ears as I gave chase. She was tired, her pace faltering as heaving breaths escaped her lungs. She’d been a good girl and kept her shoes on, but I didn’t want her legs to get scratched up, so I closed the distance between us.
She looked over her shoulder, her eyes wide as I lunged. My arms snagged her waist and I turned in the air to ensure my body cushioned our fall.
She whined, and the sound had the power to end me.
I rolled us over so I was on top of her. “A little omega, all alone in the forest. Whatever will I do with my prize?”
She let out a kitten snarl and lashed out, kicking and scratching at my legs and chest. “Let me go!”
I encircled her wrists with one hand and pinned them to the forest floor above her head. “Finders keepers, kitten. I found you, so now I’m going to fucking keep you.”
“No, you can’t do this!” She twisted and tugged her hands, but my hold on her was iron.
“Who is going to stop me? You’re mine, and before this is over, your little cunt will be sore and puffy from being stretched on my knot.
” I rubbed my beard against her cheek, scent-marking her.
“I’ll keep you as my little pet. That pretty, creamy skin will be all marked up and your pussy will be stuffed so full of my cum it will drip out of you for days. ”
Her chest arched, offering her pretty little tits to me on a platter. I leaned down and sucked them hard, savoring her cries. When I stopped, her nipples were swollen, but it wasn’t enough. I needed my marks covering her entire body.
“Stop.” Her weak arms tried to push me away. “I’m not your pet.”
I sucked a patch of skin on her neck, not stopping until I was sure it would leave a mark.
“You can protest all you want. It won’t matter.
If my pet can’t learn to be obedient, I’ll just have to put my collar and leash around her neck.
” I pressed my hand behind her knee, spreading her wide as she soaked my pants with her arousal.
“Or maybe I’ll put you in a harness and carry you around, attached to my knot until you’re a good, obedient pet. ”
Her body grew limp as she gave up fighting. I loosened my hold as she softened in my arms. I trailed my fingers along her hip, the curve of her waist, and her breast.
Then her knee shot up, trying to strike my balls, but I shifted back just in time. The distraction worked—she managed to free one hand, but her victory was short-lived as I regained control.
“Naughty omega. You’re going to pay for that.
” My hand came down on the side of her thigh in a stinging slap.
“Present for your alpha.” I injected my voice with the full power of my bark.
I released my hold on her, leaving her free to run away if it weren’t for my bark keeping her in place.
Her pupils expanded until they took up almost the entirety of her blue eyes.
Her chest heaved and her scent filled the air as she slowly got on her hands and knees.
Her round ass waved in the air, pure temptation, and I slapped my hand down on it.
I’d nearly lost it when King spanked her in her nest. Now it was my turn.
I pressed a firm hand to her back, forcing her to drop her chest to the ground.
Her whimper told me the forest floor was rough against her sensitized nipples.
I grinned as I started spanking her. I kept a steady pace, alternating between her ass cheeks and the tops of her thighs.
“Good thing I don’t mind training my pet.
” I leaned over her, pressing my chest to her back until she was completely pinned.
“You’re never going to escape me, even if I have to knot your ass to keep you by my side. ”
She cried out as I pressed a thick finger inside her asshole, which was already dripping with slick.
“Are you going to be a good pet for me?”
“Yes, alpha.”
“Then flip over.”
This time I didn’t bark the command, waiting to see if she could obey on her own.
I could practically hear her thoughts as she struggled with her decision.
Finally, slowly, she rolled onto her back.
Bits of dirt and pine needles stuck to her skin.
Her hair was a wild mess, and her thighs were drenched.
She’d never looked so fucking perfect.
“Very nice, kitten. Now, spread your legs and show me that pretty pink cunt.”
She parted her legs, but it wasn’t enough. I forced them wider.
“Hold them open.” I moved her hands to the backs of her knees. “Don’t release them without permission.”
She moaned, and her chest heaved with her fast breaths. “Alpha, please.”